From Armenia in brief: Karine Kazinian appointed deputy foreign minister

Published: Saturday February 28, 2009

Karine Kazinian, one of Armenia's deputy foreign ministers. Photolure

Yerevan - The former ambassador of Armenia to Germany Karine Kazinian has been appointed as a deputy foreign minister of Armenia. Ms. Kazinian worked in the USSR Embassy in Mozambique and Portugal. From 1997 to 1999, she was chargé d'affaires of the Republic of Armenia in Romania; from 1999 to 2001 she served as ambassador to Romania; from 2001 to 2009, she was ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Ms. Kazinian has been awarded the Armenian Medal of Mkhitar Gosh and the Romanian Order for Merit Grand Cross. She is fluent in English, Russian, German, Portuguese, and Romanian.